1a: How do scientists make sense
of the world?
Lesson 1: Student Resource Sheet 1
What are scientists like?
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What are scientists?
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Are scientists usually male, or usually female, or equally
mixed?
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What do scientists look like and wear?
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Do scientists work on their own, or in a team?
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Who pays scientists?
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Do scientists just work with facts?
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Do scientists like poetry?
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Do scientists think of the possible consequences of their
work?
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How would you characterise a scientist? What words
come to mind?
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What films have you seen with scientists playing a major
role?
Science and Religion in Schools Project
Unit 1a: How do scientists make sense of the world?